Don’t let the Lord pass you by.
We read in three of the Gospels about Jesus passing through Jericho, the city of palms in the Jordan valley. I remember a young Palestinian man giving me a sweet orange in Jericho, so that I’d buy some from him, which I did.
In two of the Gospels it says Jesus, surrounded by his disciples and a large crowd, was leaving the city. Mark’s Gospel tells us that blind Bartimaeus was sitting by the roadside begging as Jesus was leaving. He began to shout to Jesus and when many told him to be quiet, ‘he shouted all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Mark 10:48.
Jesus was leaving Jericho, there was an urgency in the blind man’s plea. No good crying out when Jesus had passed on. The circumstances were not ideal, a blind man at the roadside in the middle of a large, moving crowd of people. It was his only chance, he probably reacted instinctively and began to shout to Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
I have a good friend who was wrestling with the question of his salvation, a long time ago. He was out walking, wheeling his children in a buggy and the Lord stopped him. He was told that if he didn’t give his life there and then it would be a long time before the opportunity would come around again. Thankfully he did surrender.
I know another lady who spoke to the Lord in her kitchen, she said she knew the exact spot where she’d spoken to Him and He answered her there. Divine encounters don’t always happen in church buildings or large meetings, but we have to grasp our opportunity when it comes.
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must TAKE THE CURRENT WHEN IT SERVES,
Or lose our ventures.
Julius Caesar Act 4, William Shakespeare.
Ecclesiastes 3:1, There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven.
Don’t let the Lord pass by today, reach out to Him and receive from Him.
God bless you as you call out to Him today.
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